Legal Opinion
National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 19, 1998No. 98 CV 1492PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs are eight self-insured, multi-em-ployer health and welfare trust funds (the “trusts”), and a purported class of approximately 4,000 similarly situated trusts. They provide health care benefits to union workers in the building trades. The trusts were established pursuant to the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 186 (1994). They are regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (1994). Alleged by plaintiffs are violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Kentucky Laborers District Council Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Hill & Knowlton, Inc.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1998
- Oregon Laborers-Employers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, D. Oregon · 1998
- Eastern States Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1998
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Simon v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2000
- Natlional Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- In re Simon II LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2002
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